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I saw the guides last weekend - they look awesome! Great job.

What a great idea and I luv how it's being advertised in the hot Tourists areas too. Congrats!!

very well done...the design looks great!

i saw one the other day... very cool. PLEASE PUT SOME IN TORONTO!!! has anyone seen the latest artvoice?? there is an enormous advertising section for toronto... lets do that for us too.

The brochures are great, but its pathetic that there are really only two places to "STAY" in the Elmwood Village, I currently live there, so I know how large of an impact the families of the area have on keeping it great, but we need a small hotel! The Mansion is the only place that is close by, besides the other two B&B's mentioned.

The NIMBY's did it again with ruining that Elmwood Village Hotel. Citing a law from the 1800's that prevents building too close to the curb is pathetic, you mean to tell me that a law can't be changed? Since when!!??? Those houses across from Coles towards Forest are not the Atwater house, they have no historical significance what-so-ever.

MEC - What's the hurry? If we wait long enough, those houses might have significance eventually. 100 years from now maybe NY State will fund their historically correct restoration as part of a new master plan for economic development through cultural tourism. Hipster Village sounds about right. Maybe a ghost wall representing where Pano's was until 2058, with window scenes showing 2nd floor diners and a few empty tables to represent boycotters - all recreated from historians studying Buffalo Rising comments. The bifocal intellectual tourist cyborgs will love virtually touring a re-created Mondo Video store using Google Street View while sitting far away somewhere on a beach with swimming. Don't try to ruin it all with your reckless call to destroy those funky houses well on their path to being historic some day.

Elmwood reminds me of Queen Street in Toronto and it' vibe reminds me of Chelsea in NYC, so why not promote this district as a Tourist Destination? Remember, the more people who visit, and spend money, the longer the businesses can stay (survive) and more interests comes about. Let's get it expanding to the rest of the city, or is it slowly working already?

wizards comment brings attention to the fact that a lot of people in buffalo take EV for granted. While it is busy with many local shoppers.. there are many people in other parts of the city that never make the 10-15 minute trip to take advantage of a great place right in their backyard. So while it is great (anad must) to cater to tourists, I think it is equally important to remind people in south buffalo, other parts of the city and even the suburbs of all the happenings- i think you should load of all of the wny malls with these brochures too.. encourage more to shop local on the elmwood strip maybe?

Nice grammer! I thought the EV was loaded with intelligent "creative class" residents. The brown brochure states "stay in a historic..."

It's "an historic.."

My needs are good grammer, where can I stay for that?

Thinker - it is spelled grammar, not grammer.

Wizard, this isn't the first time that queenseyes has neglected to mention Block Club magazine. I recall an article last summer about that block party on the 800 block of Elmwood. He listed every business located on that block, except...can you guess?

Wizard - you don't think there are enough things to do for a weekend? 2 Major Art Galleries...Philharmonic Orchestra....Olmsted Parks....pieces from 2 of the 3 great American architects (FLW & HHR)...200 locally owned shops and restaurants....Allentown....smaller theatres....local history museum....a large college with its own performances, events and attractions...

This is all not to mention all of the big events and festivals that continuously happen along Elmwood all year and the fact it is minutes away from downtown and the waterfront.

What else do you want, Lasertron?

Thinker, the rule for 'an' states that if the' h' is silent, like in the word hour, 'an' would in fact be used. In the case of the word 'historic,' however, it is grammatically correct as written in the guide.

You're correct WNYBRO. Probably should have looked it up, thinker.

Newell, a Buffalo peep told me you were calling me out - I see it's true. OK, I'll take the bait - and the risk that reflip will critique my grammar ;-)

I haven't seen these brochures in My Fair City yet, but am looking forward to it. Of course I'm a fan of Elmwood, and have been somewhat involved in an effort here (Monroe Village Task Force) to 'steal' a page from Elmwood's playbook and turn our Monroe Avenue into a similar district. We had Justin Azarella out to meet with us last year, we're in the process of adopting design standards, and a farmer's market will be opening next week. Significant streetscape improvements were made last year, including sidewalk widening and bumpouts, which were fairly cheap to do in the overall scheme of things but have been making all the difference. We even had our own knock-down, drag-out historic preservation/design battle with a developer - so we're really becoming like Elmwood!

Bring it on.

that hotel would have been sweet.....

That hotel should totally be there today. Any news on what's going on with that site?

townline --

wizard's point wasn't that there isn't a weekend's worth of stuff to do in Buffalo, but in the EV itself. Most of the stuff you mention isn't in the EV. The BPO, for instance, is located in a neighborhood I refer to as Fargo Estate adjacent.

Um Actually, all of those things mentioned are in the official EV boundaries (with the exception of downtown and the waterfront), including the BPO which extends to Richmond and Symphony circle. HH Richardson is on Forest. The FLW william Heath house is on Soldier's place, the art galleries and buff state are at the north end, the smaller theatres (Ujima and TOY) are in the EV, The Southern part of Delaware Park and the parkways... I'm not talking just on Elmwood Ave. But in the Elmwood Village Neighborhood, its all there.

Speaking of that, is the FLW house on Soldier's Place a private home, or is it ever open to the public to go inside? TownLine, or anybody, happen to know?

FLW william Heath house is on Soldier's place,

I honestly don't know the "official" boundaries of the EV. I also don't know who has the "official" authority to create them. If the official boundaries are as you say, they're goofy. Allentown is its own neighborhood, as is Symphony Circle. It seems like whoever is drawing these boundaries is overreaching.

According to Forever Elmwood, the EV extends from the south side of Forest to the north side of North, and from the west side of Delaware to the east side of Richmond. That means that it doesn't include Kleinhans, Allentown, Delaware Park, the AK, Buff State, the Richardson, etc. There's still plenty of great stuff there, of course. But thanks to these sweet official boundaries, it's clear that other neighborhoods have their share of cool stuff, too.

wizard and wnybro... im pretty sure you know why Block Club isnt being mentioned... and is it really relevant? Doesnt the story go a little something like the founder of Block Club left Buffalo Rising and did his own thing thinking he can do it better? Also Block club is competition why would they give them any publicity?